| 单词 | agrarian |
| 释义 | agrarian (once / 4161 pages) adj Use the word agrarian to describe something related to fields, farming, or rural matters. The school calendar is still based on the old agrarian calendar, when children needed to be off during the summer to help with planting and harvesting. The adjective agrarian comes from the Latin root word ager, meaning a field, but the word's meaning has expanded to include anything rural or farm-related. "The senator, who represented mostly agrarian communities, spent most of her time working on issues of interest to farmers. She lobbied to stabilize the price of corn and milk, fought for subsidies for working farms, and presented ribbons to the prized pig at the county fair." WORD FAMILYagrarian USAGE EXAMPLESThe Zapatistas were hell-bent on agrarian reforms, fueling the revolution. Los Angeles Times(Dec 09, 2016) But here, as Sartre points out, the problem is with the INRA, the ministry of the agrarian reform. Salon(Nov 28, 2016) Before the war, the United States was an agrarian nation with a weak central government and political power dispersed among the states and localities. Washington Post(Nov 22, 2016) adj relating to rural matters an agrarian (or agricultural) society Syn agricultural, farming rural living in or characteristic of farming or country life |
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